Anarhichas minor Spotted wolffish

Anarhichas minor is commonly referred to as Spotted wolffish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Non adatto agli acquari!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Rudolf Svensen, Norwegen

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Scientific:: Anarhichas minor
German:: Gefleckte Seewolf
English:: Spotted Wolffish

Category:

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Anarhichadidae (Family) > Anarhichas (Genus) > minor (Species)
Initial determination:: Olafsen, 1772

Occurrence:: Barents Sea, Canada Eastern Pacific, Greenland, Iceland, Scandinavia, the Faroe Islands, USA
Sea depth:: 25 - 600 Meter
Size:: 47.24" - 70.87" (120cm - 180cm)
Weight:: 27.9 kg
Temperature:: 39.2 °F - 60.8 °F (4°C - 16°C)
Food:: Clams, Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Predatory, Sea urchins, Snails, Starfishs, Worms, Zoobenthos
Difficulty:: Non adatto agli acquari!
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2012-12-30 18:41:19
Last edit:: 2012-12-30 18:41:19

Info

Olafsen, 1772

Special thanks for the pictures to Rudolf Svensen, Danmark

Distribution
Northwest Atlantic: western Greenland and Nova Scotia in Canada to Massachusetts in USA and perhaps to New Jersey, USA. Northeast Atlantic: Spitsbergen southward to Scandinavian coasts (to about Bergen, also Iceland and south-eastern coasts of Greenland.

Biology
Inhabits offshore waters over soft bottoms, often with boulders, from 25-590 m, but most common from 100-400 m.
Benthic. Feeds mainly on echinoderms, but also crustaceans, mollusks, fishes and worms.
In Barents sea, it reached at least 80 cm, age 9 years.

Synonymise taxa:
Anarhicas karrak Bonnaterre, 1788
Anarhichas karrak Bonnaterre, 1788
Anarhichas leopardus Agassiz, 1831
Anarhichas maculatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Anarhichas scansor Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Anarhichas steenstrupii Gill, 1861
Anarrhichas leopardus Agassiz, 1831
Anarrhichas pantherinus Zuiew, 1784
Anarrhichas steenstrupii Gill, 1861

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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